Instant Death is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded in 1971 and released on the Atlantic label.[1][2]

Instant Death
Studio album by
Released1972
RecordedDecember 7, 1971
StudioBrunswick Recording Studios, Chicago
GenreJazz
Length36:24
LabelAtlantic
SD 1611
ProducerEddie Harris, Marvin Lagunoff
Eddie Harris chronology
Second Movement
(1971)
Instant Death
(1972)
Eddie Harris Sings the Blues
(1972)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [4]

The Allmusic review called the album "one of Eddie Harris's stronger Atlantic albums of the 1970s".[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Eddie Harris except as indicated

  1. "Instant Death" - 5:46
  2. "Little Wes" (Ronald Muldrow) - 7:30
  3. "Zambezi Dance" (Harris, Muldrow, Muhal Richard Abrams, Master Henry Gibson, Billy James) - 4:09
  4. "Summer's on Its Way" - 7:46
  5. "Nightcap" - 5:08
  6. "Superfluous" - 3:18
  7. "Tampion" - 2:47

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Atlantic Records discography accessed May 11, 2012
  2. ^ Eddie Harris Discography, accessed June 22, 2017
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 11, 2012
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 655. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.